Dan Ancona
@danancona.bsky.social
Daddo and married to @jenancona. Standing athwart history yelling, WTF. Research, writing, ads, and building processes for understanding and persuading across the Dem-left coalition.
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Dan Ancona
@danancona.bsky.social
· Oct 11
The Trump-Vance mass deportation plans are sickeningly extreme. Most Americans don't support them and Dems have room to go on offense on this. Ad by me and the geniuses I am incredibly lucky to work with at Way to Win, production by Conexión. (both not on here yet)
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ok, I think we all need a dose of adorableness today like a NEWBORN GIRAFFE www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
ok, I think we all need a dose of adorableness today like a NEWBORN GIRAFFE www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...
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I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
80/15 agreement that they're going to use AI to screw us.
February 10, 2026 at 12:07 AM
80/15 agreement that they're going to use AI to screw us.
Having had AI come up a lot in focus groups, I'd say people's AI anxiety is more like "we're concerned the powerful are using this stuff to put us in more situations where we have to try and outrun the bears they set loose to chase us."
AI anxiety often misses the key margin: it’s not “humans vs machines,” it’s “humans who use machines vs humans who don’t.” The tech shifts who’s productive—and who gets paid.
Remember, you don't need to outrun the bear.
Remember, you don't need to outrun the bear.
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Having had AI come up a lot in focus groups, I'd say people's AI anxiety is more like "we're concerned the powerful are using this stuff to put us in more situations where we have to try and outrun the bears they set loose to chase us."
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How is it possible that anything about the funding fight does not include at the absolute minimum releasing every child from these concentration camps?
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
How is it possible that anything about the funding fight does not include at the absolute minimum releasing every child from these concentration camps?
OMG. yes!! we had plans to do this in '24 and could never quite get the creative dialed. Love!!
Everyone hates political junk mail, which is why we tried to make our mail unique…
By making it into a comic book!
If you live in IL-09, you might receive this five part series about me and the campaign right in your mailbox:
By making it into a comic book!
If you live in IL-09, you might receive this five part series about me and the campaign right in your mailbox:
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
OMG. yes!! we had plans to do this in '24 and could never quite get the creative dialed. Love!!
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still waiting for the first EGMOT
(emmy, grammy, mitofsky, oscar, tony)
(emmy, grammy, mitofsky, oscar, tony)
The Roper Center is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Mitofsky Award, which honors excellence in public opinion research
Fill out form by April 6 to nominate someone (self-nominations welcome)
Call here, including past awardees and 2026 submission form: ropercenter.cornell.edu/events/2026-...
Fill out form by April 6 to nominate someone (self-nominations welcome)
Call here, including past awardees and 2026 submission form: ropercenter.cornell.edu/events/2026-...
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
still waiting for the first EGMOT
(emmy, grammy, mitofsky, oscar, tony)
(emmy, grammy, mitofsky, oscar, tony)
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Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
Post a banger that isn't in English:
February 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Post a banger that isn't in English:
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Post a banger that isn't in English:
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Post a banger that isn't in English:
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I don't do predictions. (I defy them) But I want to note the DC establishment has convinced themselves with 100% certainty that Crockett can't win the general. You should consider anyone who makes an argument like this automatically sus.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I don't do predictions. (I defy them) But I want to note the DC establishment has convinced themselves with 100% certainty that Crockett can't win the general. You should consider anyone who makes an argument like this automatically sus.
100% agree. This is something people don’t get about ads: you can’t count on people having the context you want them to have. If you show someone doing an antisemitism you are normalizing it even in the process of nominally trying to stop it.
Still processing that antisemitism ad. Virulent hate speech shouldn’t be in ads. Even to condemn it. I doubt it’s an effective way to reduce it. And I imagine it’s traumatizing for many Jewish ppl, but I can’t speak to that. Trying to imagine reactions to the n-word, f-word, or other epithets…
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
100% agree. This is something people don’t get about ads: you can’t count on people having the context you want them to have. If you show someone doing an antisemitism you are normalizing it even in the process of nominally trying to stop it.
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Imagine what these numbers would look like if there was a concerted effort by the opposition party to talk *up* immigration as a good thing that strengthens our country and enriches the cultural fabric.
Striking from Marquette poll:
Majorities of non-college grads and even 50% of rural Americans disapprove of ICE handling of enforcement. Majorities of both oppose deporting longtime residents with jobs/no criminal records.
That's data given to me. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
Majorities of non-college grads and even 50% of rural Americans disapprove of ICE handling of enforcement. Majorities of both oppose deporting longtime residents with jobs/no criminal records.
That's data given to me. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Imagine what these numbers would look like if there was a concerted effort by the opposition party to talk *up* immigration as a good thing that strengthens our country and enriches the cultural fabric.
Great read - bottom line, a fifth of Americans think we’d be better off if women couldn’t vote. And it’s a pretty even across race and ethnicity.
🇺🇸 Straight from the Handmaid's Tale: there is a 'strong, positive relationship between Christian nationalism and the desire to strip women of their voting rights'. The link does not vary across racial groups, and, most worryingly, it's not really a fringe position 🇺🇸
Is It Just *White* Christian Nationalist Misogyny?
By Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker A Roy’s Report story a few days ago reported on the misogynistic views of Reformed Pastor Dale Patridge of Prescott, Arizona. He is not a newcomer to urging a r…
religioninpublic.blog
February 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Great read - bottom line, a fifth of Americans think we’d be better off if women couldn’t vote. And it’s a pretty even across race and ethnicity.
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Let me say this nicely… If you are going to post screenshots from our website, please link to it. It’s really easy and frankly the least you can do. Our head of research, Mary Radcliffe, is the best and fastest in the world at finding polls, and she deserves credit for her hard work!
PPP poll | 2/2-2/3 LV
Illinois Senate Democratic primary 2026
🟦Raja Krishamoorthi 34%
🟦Juliana Stratton 23%
🟦Robin Kelly 8%
Illinois Senate Democratic primary 2026
🟦Raja Krishamoorthi 34%
🟦Juliana Stratton 23%
🟦Robin Kelly 8%
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Let me say this nicely… If you are going to post screenshots from our website, please link to it. It’s really easy and frankly the least you can do. Our head of research, Mary Radcliffe, is the best and fastest in the world at finding polls, and she deserves credit for her hard work!
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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If they can do this to find a dog, they can do this to find anyone. That’s terrifying.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
If they can do this to find a dog, they can do this to find anyone. That’s terrifying.
We gotta talk about this more
From 1975 to 2023, $79 trillion in wealth was transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Trump, Extreme Wealth Concentration, and Our Societal Crisis | Common Dreams
The US government simply has not done enough to ensure that the livelihoods of all Americans are protected or improved in this new Gilded Age. What it has done is made sure the rich get richer by the ...
www.commondreams.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
We gotta talk about this more
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Fun fact: The divorce scene in the Kid Rock show was an actual divorce showing a wife leaving her conservative husband.
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Fun fact: The divorce scene in the Kid Rock show was an actual divorce showing a wife leaving her conservative husband.
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Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
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Matt Yglesias thinks the half-time show should have been about grocery prices.
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Matt Yglesias thinks the half-time show should have been about grocery prices.
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Just as a reminder, Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Just as a reminder, Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist.
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit